Kamrup, Feb. 21 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the BJP will free five lakh bighas of illegally encroached land in the next five years, after it forms the government for the third consecutive time in the state.

Ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the BJP will make "illegal Bangladeshis" leave the state.

Addressing the foundation-laying ceremony of the 10th Battalion of Assam Police Headquarters, the Chief Minister recounted the state government's work in the run-up to the polls, and said that they have evicted encroachers from 1.5 lakh bighas of land in the last five years.

He said, "We all know that suspected illegal encroachers encroached 708 bighas of land at Ka...